Typhoon Surigae captured via Sentinel-1 satellite radar imagery

Satellite radar imagery from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission has captured the sea surface conditions beneath the clouds of Typhoon Surigae. The false-color, polarized image provides a view of the ocean's reaction to the storm's intense winds, which were recorded with maximum gusts of up to 240 km/h and waves reaching 7 meters.

Captured on September 28, 2026, the image shows the typhoon moving northeast through the Philippine Sea, approximately 200 km south of Shikoku, Japan. By October 1, the storm had moved nearly 1,000 km away, positioned roughly 200 km south of Tokyo. In the radar data, the relatively calm eye of the storm appears in dark blue, while an orange-yellow ring indicates areas of rough ocean conditions and high wind speeds.

Following its period of high intensity, Typhoon Surigae has since weakened significantly and is currently classified as a tropical depression with maximum wind speeds of 55 km/h.